All 3 Uses
Achilles
in
Leaves of Grass
(Edited)
- Come Muse migrate from Greece and Ionia,
Cross out please those immensely overpaid accounts,
That matter of Troy and Achilles' wrath, and AEneas', Odysseus' wanderings,Chpt 13 *Achilles = mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; central character and foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy - Greater than memory of Achilles or Ulysses,
Chpt 34
- Homer with all his wars and warriors--Hector, Achilles, Ajax,
Chpt 34
Definitions:
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(Achilles in Greek mythology) mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; central character and foremost Greek warrior at the siege of TroyAchilles was seen as semi-divine. His mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river when he was a baby, but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his "Achilles' heel."
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(meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus) More commonly, Achilles is also used as a shortened way to identify an Achilles tendon or heel cord at the back of the lower leg.